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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1912
Page
10
Magnolia area residents return home for holidays and attend dances and family visits. The article notes multiple travels to Chicago Normal Knox college and Clyde Illinois with shows at the Princess theater and a goose dinner at a local home.
John Dean and family visited Alya Maoberry's in Allentown with Wenona guests Miss Hannum Mr McAllister and Mr Calhoun. Sunday services were held at 10 and 7 with a violin duet by Warner Lackland and Miss Kiblinger and a chafing dish luncheon hosted by Merritt. The Ladies' Aid surprised Mrs. Brenn on her birthday with ice cream and cake as members arrived with gifts and warm wishes.
R W Spencer furnishes lumber sawed to order at 20 dollars per M at his mill four miles northwest of Magnolia Illinois Oak and red elm not included Wood trade notice with price and location.
Walter and Russell Tomlinson served as Henry visitors Saturday. W G Griffith and W B Mills attended a poultry show in Hennepin and held institute work in Geneseo. Numerous visits paraded through towns from Wenona to Bloomingdale, with trips to Decatur and Kirksville for schooling. Road commissioners Mason Wilson, John Davidson, and Frank King considered a gasoline engine for road work.
An advertisement for Ayer's Hair Vigor claims it destroys dandruff and promotes hair growth while keeping the scalp clean. It states the product does not color hair, won’t injure scalp, and leaves hair soft and smooth, urging consultation with a doctor.
Miss Marie Griffith ends a two week visit with her parents Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Griffith and relatives in the Venona community and at Venona calif, as she begins the return trip to Geyserville.
A roundup from Hennepin reports school updates in Champaign Amboy and Hennepin. Pleurisy confines Miss Mayzella Neal at Cecil hotel. Ice on the river bottom measured five inches as harvest looms. The Hennepin poultry show drew crowds over four evenings with entertainment by W B Mills Johnson Orchestra Tompkins Hired Man and home talent. Auction and donations accompanied a social and financial win with 200 plus chickens exhibited. Porter of Chicago visited Miss Mary Stouffer in Hennepin.
A testimonial from R. He of Washington Kansas praises Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for curing a severe la grippe that risked pneumonia after using the remedy. He recommends the yellow packaged product from A. J. Ironmonger and notes relief after the first doses.
Weekend travels feature Eugene Crowe in Bloomington and visits across Wenona Granville Mendota Ottawa Chi cago and Indiana. Local social items include Christmas dinners piano gifts and Star lodge installations with multiple families and individuals named. Kidney pill testimonial ends fragment.
Local notices report visits and sickness in Lostant and Beverly. Several residents travel to Dana Wheaton and Forest for holidays and family time. A NC lecture by Governor Glenn is announced for Venona January 8. Community dinners and charities, nurse support for Baby Fold, and a medical practice sale are noted.
Joe Kress, who has served the Santa Fe express for a year, passed the telegraph operator exam at Chillico last Thursday and is sent to Monica for duty until about January 10. Christmas day, Stratton family held a reunion at J. P. Litchfield residence with 50 attendees and praise for a fine dinner. Joseph Stimacis jailed on a charge of attempted arson after setting straw and oil at Candido Flaminio’s house in error, two men quelling the blaze saved occupants and prevented major damage.
Charles Durham of Lovington Newfoundland reports finding a positive cure for bed wetting in Foley’s Kidney Pills. He says his son’s bedwetting stopped after two days and two-thirds of a bottle, with no relapse in about six weeks.
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that despite a shipper receipt limiting liability to 50 dollars the consignee may recover the shipment’s full value. In the Plaff vs Pacific Express Co case the appellate court upheld this view with Judge Julian M. Mack writing the opinion. Plaff and Spaulding & Co. Jewelers were involved in the 1906 loss of goods valued around 600 dollars and a refused 50 dollar offer.
If children are subject to attack or cramp watch for the first symptom coarseness. Give Cham berlain's Cough Remedy as soon as the child becomes hoarse and the attack may be warded off. For sale by A J Tronmonger and T J Segraves druggists.
A Chicago meeting splits the National Prohibition party, forming a Progressive Prohibition faction. Illinois Grange endorses woman suffrage, aligning 6000 to 8000 members. Iowa State College’s Victor the Aberdeen Angus wins top live stock awards at the expo, selling for 90 cents a pound. A Macomb banquet brings 1367 men and 74 women hold office across Kansas. Electric utilities in Milford Watseka Gilman Piper City Chatsworth Forrest and Fairbury sell to Central Illinois Utilities Company.
An Omaha hotel manager endorses Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound for throat and lung diseases. It is praised as a swift remedy for coughs and colds. A Maple City tale mocks ailments with humorous verses about Fol D. Rol and a restless life, ending on a note of improbable longevity.
A reflective poem by W. D. Mahon laments misjudgment and lack of sympathy. It argues that people misunderstand others, draw harsh conclusions from trivialities, and fail to seek deeper connections with one another and with the divine.
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